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Iraq's Ministry of Transport unveils details of the Baghdad Int'l Airport PPP project. Bids close Sept 2025 for a $400M+ investment to upgrade & operate the airport.
The Iraqi prime minister received on Tuesday the director of Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization to discuss security ...
An Iraqi Council of Ministers meeting on Tuesday began without the long-awaited agreement between Erbil and Baghdad over oil ...
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Iraqi Council of Ministers has failed to reach a concrete decision to resolve the ongoing ...
Iraqi President Abdulatif Rashid and Prime Minister Mohammad Al-Soudani decided on Tuesday to withdraw their appeals against a decision ...
Iraq, a rare regional partner of both the United States and its arch regional foe Iran, hosts 2,500 U.S. troops although Tehran-backed armed factions are linked to its security forces.
Every war has its battles for the cities and in 2003 as US forces, aided predominantly by the United Kingdom, invaded Saddam Hussein’s Iraq, planners in Washington knew that at some point their ...
The State Department is ordering the departure of all nonessential staff from its embassy in Baghdad due to concern over increased security risks in the region, according to two State Department ...
As part of a peace initiative, the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) is set to begin a weapons handover in Sulaymaniyah, northern Iraq, following a call for disarmament from jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan.
Sunny with a high of 99 °F (37.2 °C). Winds WNW at 14 mph (22.5 kph). Night - Clear. Winds from NW to WNW at 9 to 14 mph (14.5 to 22.5 kph). The overnight low will be 78 °F (25.6 °C). Haze ...
U.S. Pulls Iraq Embassy Personnel Amid Mounting Fears of Israeli Attack on Iran Headline Jun 12, 2025 Fear is growing in the Middle East that Israel will soon launch an attack on Iran.
U.S. State Department helicopters fly over Baghdad toward the U.S. embassy headquarters in Iraq on December 13, 2024. Fears of an Israeli strike on Iran were mounting amid rising tensions in the ...